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The Syria Files

Thursday 5 July 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing the Syria Files – more than two million emails from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies, dating from August 2006 to March 2012. This extraordinary data set derives from 680 Syria-related entities or domain names, including those of the Ministries of Presidential Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Information, Transport and Culture. At this time Syria is undergoing a violent internal conflict that has killed between 6,000 and 15,000 people in the last 18 months. The Syria Files shine a light on the inner workings of the Syrian government and economy, but they also reveal how the West and Western companies say one thing and do another.

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INTERVIEWS

MOVIES

Francis Ford Coppola on his second career as a winemaker and the gruelling stint of filming "Apocalypse Now"
Guillermo Del Toro, director, writer and producer, on his latest movie, the remake of the 70s television movie 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' and how lead actress Katie Holmes even gets headlines without being on the set
Katie Holmes on juggling career and family and how being a parent influences performances - as in 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'
Elle Fanning on her new film ‘Super 8’, starting in the business aged two, her relationship with big sister Dakota, being very sporty, feeling part of the Coppola family, her passion for fashion and her love of ballet

_MUSIC

Tinie Tempah on fame, responsibility and why he’ll never do the bling thing
Alice Gold on her journey of self-exploration that led to her debut album "Seven Rainbows", her fiasco with EMI, and whether trying to compete with other female artists bothers her
Jill Scott on her new album, love, her mission and why she's raging against 'machine music'
Roger Daltrey on taking rock's most celebrated 'opera' - Tommy - on the road without its creator Pete Townshend
Damon Albarn on his success in the field of musical theater and why Sting would probably not fancy singing Albarn compositions
Dave Grohlon how he is not the typical rockstar, the memory of Kurt Cobain, having dinner with Paul McCartney and the horror of vegetarianism on Coldplay's plane
Brian Wilson, former Beach Boy, on the downward spiral that started with LSD, heroin and voices in his head - and finally came to a halt when he met the right girl
Oh Land on how a slipped disc abruptly ended her dancing career and triggered her songwriting
Plan B on violence, girls, drugs, his mum, hope and the power of being an outsider

CELEBRITIES

Kim Cattrall on why she thinks her big success has come later in her life, Hollywood being a playground for younger models, giving voice to other characters than Samantha Jones and her ambition to do work that empowers women
Samantha Morton on why she couldn't resist playing in "The Messenger" and her family
Jennifer Beals, star of the 80s movie "Flashdance", on her character in "The Chicago Code", kissing women, her sex symbol status, and having no regrets about shying away from more lucrative roles early in her career
Bob Geldof on how the breakdown of his marriage to Paula Yates nearly drove him into suicide
Kim Cattrall on why she hates pressure put on women to make them look glamorous, how Sex and the City helped women around the world come to terms with their sexuality, how she yearned to have kids of her own, and watching precarious SATC love scenes with
her mum

_FASHION_&amp;_LIFESTYLE

Natalia Vodianova on what she is most proud of, her childhood, and her charity work
Henri Chenot, diet guru, on high-powered working women, getting burnt out women back to harmony, and his diet rules

ARTS_&amp;_LITERATURE

Marina Abramovic, performance artist, on her career, her success, whether art has replaced religion in the West and how her work can change your life
Sylvie Guillem, rebel who reshaped classical ballet, on her career, the structure of her body and her pursuit of perfection

ECONOMY

Steve Ridgway, Richard Branson's racing mate, on the current difficulties and the prospect of bringing new partners into the boat
Muhammad Yunus, former head of Grameen Bank, on the ugly struggle against the Bangladesh government and why he still believes he can turn things around
India's technology leaders from Infosys on rocky beginnings, the government vision that was crucial for growth and why the UK is still a target

SPORTS

Rafael Nadal on crying when he wins, being a chocoholic and the importance of family
Andre Villas-Boas, new manager of Chelsea, on fine-tuning the organisation of the team, needing more challenge and his goals for the club

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FEATURES

MUSIC

Who wants to buy EMI? - The home of Coldplay, Kylie, the Beatles and Tinie Tempah is expected to attract plenty of interest.

MOVIES

The battle over Zsa Zsa Gabor's mansion - She swam naked in its pool every morning and entertained Hollywood royalty there. Now the ailing movie star's house is up for sale – exacerbating a bitter family feud.

_CELEBRITIES

Harry's trysts with his new love 'Flee' - She's a distant cousin who went to school with Chelsy, dated Jenson Button and starred in a Bollywood movie. But will the Queen approve?

A marriage made in Hollywood - When Bond star Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz married in New York recently, they caught the paparazzi napping. Officially the couple had only been dating six months but, Craig, 43, and Weisz, 41, are old friends...

Zsa Zsa's frail - but her feuding family are fighting fit - Having been confined to an automated bed for most of the past year, Zsa Zsa Gabor was gamely struggling to get a glass of Veuve Clicquot champagne to her once-pouting lips. A photo of her in that
state was handed to the news agency Reuters by Gabor's husband, Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt. And its publication has met with a furious reaction from Gabor's only daughter, Francesca Hilton...

_POLITICS_&amp;_SOCIETY

Jerusalem boxing club brings Arabs and Jews together - Gym in converted bomb shelter opens doors to all comers, with one rule – politics is left outside.

Cut it out -Is it worth suffering the agonies of childbirth when the experience can leave you scarred? No, you should be allowed to opt for a Caesarean instead.

Why ARE we women so hard on ourselves? - Self-critical, can't take compliments, always focus on your own failings? Blame sexual evolution, says this leading academic. But the solution is in your own hands...

IVF and the great lie about fertility and the over-40s - For as long as I can remember, the same message has been drummed into women — your fertility diminishes after 35, so your chances of becoming a mother dwindle, particularly after 40. Of course
nobody can argue with the biological reality that younger women are more fertile than older women. But what if fertility isn't quite the clear-cut issue we often perceive it to be?

Outrage after Nazi concentration camp starts charging entrance fee - Managers at the former Nazi concentration camp of Sachsenhausen have outraged Germany's Jewish community after revelations that they have started charging visitors for guided tours of
the camp's memorial site where tens of thousands were murdered during the Third Reich.

Sony hacker 'Geohot' takes job with Facebook -The 21-year old computer whiz whose legal tussle with Sony triggered one of the largest assaults by the hacker community on a single company has found himself a steady job - with Facebook.

We’ve got you under our skins - The fur trade is booming. While activists act up, mink are exterminated – quietly and humanely – in their millions. What’s so bad about that?

Hoax video blog and the plot to smear a Gaza aid mission - A bizarre video where a gay activist claims he was prevented from taking part in the upcoming Gaza-bound flotilla because of his sexual orientation has been exposed as an Israeli hoax.

ECONOMY

What now from Biz Stone as he takes a break from Twitter? - The co-founder and public face of Twitter, Biz Stone, is to cease his work with the micro-blogging company and team up with his former colleagues in an attempt to invent the next big thing on
the internet.

Cost of War on Terror set to overtake that of Word War II - The total cost to America of its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus the related military operations in Pakistan, is set to exceed $4 trillion - more than three times the sum so far authorised by
Congress in the decade since the 9/11 attacks.

World economy set to face more frequent shocks - In an updated and expanded version of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has identified five "global shocks" that will destabilise the
world economy with increasing frequency in coming years.

_FASHION

How to dress for a wedding - The secret to being the best-dressed guest, by the stylist and television presenter Grace
Woodward.

NATURE_&amp;_ENVIRONMENT

How El Paso is beating the worst drought in a generation - Sound water management has put the border town on the Rio Grande leagues ahead of its neighbours, but robust growth rates mean local farmers and ranchers are still losing out.

Provincial tug-of-war waters down China's Yellow river success story - Its digital management system is a 'wonder', but with communities battling over water use there's a long way to go before China's second-largest river is off life-support.

FOOD

In the worst possible taste - The problem began with the Elizabethans - Sir Francis Drake, to be precise. It was his decision, sometime around 1580, to introduce London to a New World vegetable known as the "potato", that condemned British dinner tables
to centuries of functional starchiness. If he'd only had the foresight of Spain's Hernan Cortez who, in roughly the same era, was importing an exotic South American fruit known as the "Peruvian apple" or "tomato", things might be different.

_BEAUTY_&amp;_HEALTH

How baby can keep dad fit -A workout of tot squats and lullaby lunges can help dads stay fit and bond with their child.

The 25 health warnings that you should never ignore - Could that cough be serious? What about that rash? How to recognise the symptoms that should start alarm bells ringing.

Bronzing powder - Bronzing powder is your friend. It's the quickest, most natural way to add colour, dimension and glow to any skin, from pale to dark. But for goodness' sake, go easy.

You're so vain - Hair transplants, facelifts, Botox, moob ops — men are embracing their inner narcissist, and they are even beginning to talk about it.

Extreme celebrity diets -When a Hollywood actor or actress needs to get in shape for an upcoming film, they often turn to rigorous or "extreme" diets in order to take off excess pounds as fast and as efficiently as possible. Here are the diets of Jennifer
Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Natalie Portman, Gwyneth Paltrow and the likes.

_ARTS_&amp;_LITERATURE

Freedom for Frida Kahlo - Paintings by Frida Kahlo and her husband are being shown side by side in the UK for the first time. But does this add to her greatness – or detract from it?

Qatar hero? The Sheikh who shook up the art world -He was the world's richest and most secretive art collectors before a dramatic fall from grace. Now Sheikh Saud al-Thani of Qatar, a member of the Middle Eastern nation's ruling family, has re-emerged
after being placed under house arrest over allegations of misusing public funds to be named the biggest spender in the art world.

SPORTS

American will be first cyclist to ride a vegan Tour de France - The substances consumed by a professional cyclist usually make headlines for all the wrong reasons, but when America's David Zabriskie pedals away from the starting line of the Tour de
France this weekend, he will also be commencing a unique nutritional experiment.

Modern man Villas-Boas makes slick home debut - He could have been a bright young executive reporting to the board. Tieless, affable, self-deprecating and - as they say in the corporate world - very big on detail, Andre Villas-Boas' introduction to life
at Chelsea was the slick debut we might have expected. The club's new manager has just enough stubble to mask his youth but there was no mistaking the sharpest of minds.

'Mentally tough David De Gea can exceed van der Sar"' - Sir Alex Ferguson's gamble on a 20-year-old goalkeeper who has played less than 100 first-team games is a safe bet according to the man who gave David de Gea his debut at Atletico Madrid.

How the Klitschkos came to rule German fight game - During the last decade the Klitschko brothers have dominated the relatively new and unique boxing business in Germany and this Saturday's fight in Hamburg is expected to be the biggest so far to feature
either of the delightful EmigrE boxers.

_TECHNOLOGY

Human evolution: the long, winding road to modern man -Professor Chris Stringer tells how conflicting theories and new discoveries have shaped our understanding of humanity's past – and of how narrow the line is between survival and failure.

Fine-tune Windows 7 for speed -There's always room for improvement. With a few tweaks and some know-how, you can wring the most performance out of Windows 7, regardless of the computer you're running it on. Here's how.

Storage for home networks - NAS helps back up data correctly - The networked man or woman today needs to manage an increasing volume of information scattered across multiple computers, smartphones, and hard drives. One potential source of relief is NAS
drives: networked hard drives that can back up and store data from all connected devices and provide a common storage space for the entire family.

Brittany vs Normandy - Anthony Peregrine pits against each other two regions that are just across the Channel, and whose people the British have both fought and befriended.

Coimbra -Tim Pozzi offers an essential cultural guide to a city with a glorious past, a poetic soul and a unique sound.

Croatia and Slovenia: New pleasures and old–world charms from the Alps to the Adriatic - Croatia and Slovenia celebrated turning 20. Adrian Bridge reflects on two countries of striking beauty, while Julia Warren provides a guide to some of their
lesser–known treasures.

Ottawa: Galleries and the great outdoors - As the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge prepare to go to Canada for their first official foreign visit, Mark Hudson says they will be pleasantly surprised by Ottawa.

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